Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-09-27
HEALTH AND HAPPINESS.
THE CORSET AND THE BUSTLE REAL
BLESSINGS IF PROPERLY USED.

BLESSINGS " PhOfChIf OoCo.
What a Lady Physician Says in Defense
of the So Called Fashionable Follies
of Her Mistakes which Men
Make.
GIf an ultra fashionable young man and a
maiden of the same kind, both In full walking
costume, were to start from the hnicker-
booker club house on Fifth avenue and race
down to Delmonico's, which one would winf'
was the question put by prominent iaiy
physi tan 10 a group Of people VINO were talk
Ing about dress reforms, the deIIded skirt and
kindred topics the other day.
Every one present gave up the cnnundTum,
but they all agreed with the originator OF ii
when She declared that the girl, notUithstani-
ing her veil. her tlose fitting gown, her hustle
and her nuff, would win against the youth
with his hat likely to lily of at the first rush,
his collar choking him 20 that he could not
see his heavy cane. his tight boots and his
wide trousers Tapping about ms ankles
Those who have any other idea should test il
by trial
Dress reforml' exclaimed the Irate little
physician, who has galnei reputation as on.
of the best practitioners IN the city. The
truth of the matter Is that most women dress
with as much regard t. the laws OF health as
do the men The former have reformed, the
latter are degenerating, or how else do you a.
count for the pointed shnes, the stays the high
collars and the stove lif- hats that men wear!
II woman in general Is not 50 healthy As man,
it Is not on account ri her clothes, of that
feel certain But am Of the opinion that
the women OF New y urk are twice as healthy
as the men.
go 10 the opera TO any church or assem-
oily. What do you $50. Men sailow and lean,
men bald headed and pasty looking, or men
50 stout and unwi ldy. red and uncomfort-
able looking that it makes one uncomfortable
to look at them But you see five women out
of every tel rosy and plump, erect in car
riage, bright Of eve, and altogether charm
ingly healthy Thrse are the 50 called fash
ionable women, whom Lady IIabberton,
Elizabeth Gady Stanton, Mrs. Miller, and
dozen other reforIners are constantly crying
down as running the future race and their
own health!
"Of course there are many articles Of wear
ing apparel thai could I've improved, she con
tinued, -but the rnrSs'ts. the hustle and skirts.
against which the rcfoTmers and men are
constantly crying out, are real blessings if
Unly used properly, and the majority of wo
men NOWADAYS know how to wear them.
Twenty or thirty years ago it was different
Eighteen inch waists were considered neces-
sary for beauty, slippers We're worn on all
occasions, or shoes with pasteboard soles, and
the enormous head dresses and bonnets were
something atrocious
@How do the women of to day dress better
than their mothers and grandmothers"
queried a reporter present.
well, sail the little physician, "there is
no reason why should not be plain. In the
first place, the oldfashoned chemise, with its
multitude of gathers, has gone entirely ont of
fashion Women who wear the garment at
all have it made in the French fashion, with
CORES and seams, and consequence the
corset, which is worn next 10 it. does not
press the gathers and wrinkles about the
waist and hips But the majority of women
wear the little gsuze, flannel, cashmere or
silk vests, which have come in of late years
and are woven 10 tit the form, while not at
all hampering it For winter wear there are
the combination garments of flannel made all
III Otic pie-ct, anu tlptDiliz one from neck 10
ankles most comfortably
mo, l will not admit that the corset of
itself is injurious" said the lady. most ener-
getically. Brandy is injurious il one takes
too much of it, but it is excellent in many
cases. So it is with the corset II of the
proper kind and worn properly it is one of the
greatest bo0nS to wOmankind. The steel
ribbed eorsets worn by some few, | will
admit are quite dreadful; but the woven and
what is known as the health corset are most
desirable. They are 50 yielding that they fit
the form, and yet support and protect it
They are provided with shoulier straps, and
all the skirts may be fastened to them or to
one OF the new skirt supporters worn over
them. Ii a woman lace she generally suffers
for her folly, as men dc from smoking or
drinking. But very few women lace nova
days. 1t is not the fashion to have an abuor-
mally small waist, and don't think it will
be-
But you must admit that the hustle is
most injurious and unhealthful article OF
wearing apparel, SAID gentleman who was
present
~Oh, no, never size exclaimed HBustles
are the salvation of many women Men have
such erroneous ileas Of many things You
will admit that ten men to every one woman
dies of some disease Of The kidneys or liver.
Yesl Well, then women must thank the
much abused hustle for keeping them free OF
such trouble How! The hustle Of wire, Of
steel, or of any OF the light. airy materials of
which il Is now mai worn under the skirts
keeps the small Of tn hack from becoming
too heated, and cons queItly the circulation